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Transform Public Services with Ad Hoc and AWS

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At Ad Hoc, we partner with AWS to provide government agencies with secure, scalable, and modern digital solutions.

Leveraging AWS’s powerful cloud infrastructure, we accelerate the delivery of mission-critical services through our expertise in Digital Services, Data Architecture, and Application Development. From transforming public-facing platforms to building high-performance data systems for real-time insights, Ad Hoc ensures faster time-to-value for the agencies we serve.

With three service offerings: Digital Services, Data Architecture, and Groundwork, we’re proud of the ways we’re maximizing impact at scale with AWS technology.

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Digital services

Ad Hoc leverages AWS cloud infrastructure to transform government services into scalable, user-centered digital solutions that enhance agency operations and improve citizen engagement.

Why Ad Hoc?

On behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Ad Hoc launched a site for insurance issuers to validate drug and provider coverage data on HealthCare.gov. Starting from from zero lines of code, CMS received a live, minimum viable product (MVP) serving pilot users in under a month by leveraging AWS scalable cloud infrastructure

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ad Hoc quickly built a COVID-19 response dashboard to help measure the trajectory and success of the VA’s digital services. Our expertise in AWS ensured that the dashboard was resilient, cost-effective, and capable of meeting the unique demands of the moment.

Platform Development

  • Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate

    Used for containerized application deployments, ensuring efficient orchestration and scalability for mission-critical applications.

  • CloudFront and API Gateway

    Handles content delivery and secure API management for external-facing applications, improving performance and accessibility across platforms.

  • Lambda

    Automates event-driven tasks and back-end processes, enhancing the responsiveness and flexibility of our platforms.

Digital Service Operations

  • CloudWatch and CloudTrail

    Monitors and logs application performance, resource usage, and compliance, providing real-time insights and proactive alerts.

  • EventBridge and Lambda

    Automates tasks and workflows, triggering responses based on system events to enhance operational efficiency.

  • GuardDuty and Security Hub

    Detects threats and monitors security compliance across AWS environments, ensuring platforms meet federal security standards.

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Data architecture

Utilizing AWS’s data services, we build secure, high-performance data architectures that empower customers to store, analyze, and visualize data, supporting mission-critical decisions.

Ad Hoc leverages the power of AWS to build secure, scalable data architectures that enable government agencies to harness the full potential of their data. Our approach to data architecture is designed to meet the unique needs of public sector organizations, ensuring that they can store, analyze, and visualize vast amounts of data with confidence. By utilizing AWS’s advanced data services—such as Amazon S3, Redshift, and Glue—we create architectures that are not only resilient but also optimized for performance and cost-efficiency.

Whether it’s providing real-time insights through data analytics or ensuring the secure storage of sensitive information, Ad Hoc’s AWS-powered solutions allow agencies to make data-driven decisions that support their mission. Our experience includes building data platforms for federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, ensuring compliance with government regulations while delivering powerful analytics capabilities.

Data Infrastructure

  • Amazon S3

    Core storage solution for handling large datasets, including cross-region replication and transfer acceleration for efficient, scalable file management.

  • Amazon RDS and DynamoDB

    Provides reliable database solutions for managing structured and unstructured data across programs.

  • Athena and QuickSight

    Enables on-demand data querying and real-time visualizations, supporting data-driven decision-making for agencies.

DevOps

  • KMS, Secrets Manager, and Parameter Store

    Ensures secure encryption, management of sensitive data, and compliance with government regulations.

  • IAM

    Manages user access and enforces role-based permissions, ensuring least-privilege access across all AWS services.

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Groundwork

Built on AWS, Ad Hoc’s Groundwork provides government agencies with a robust and scalable foundation for launching and managing modern digital services. Groundwork accelerates the deployment of essential tools and applications, reducing time-to-value while ensuring that systems are secure, reliable, and compliant with federal standards. Leveraging AWS’s infrastructure and platform services, Groundwork enables agencies to quickly build, deploy, and scale digital solutions that improve operational efficiency and service delivery.

From APIs to custom software applications, Groundwork’s modular and flexible architecture empowers agencies to meet current needs while preparing for future growth. AWS’s cloud infrastructure ensures that these solutions can scale with demand, while offering cost efficiencies and enhanced security. Ad Hoc’s experience working with AWS for government clients, such as the VA and CMS, ensures that Groundwork integrates seamlessly with existing systems while delivering high performance and resilience.

AWS-POWERED FOUNDATION

Groundwork leverages AWS cloud infrastructure for scalable, secure digital service deployment.

RAPID DEPLOYMENT

Our solutions accelerates time-to-value, enabling agencies to quickly launch and scale essential applications.

PROVEN PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERTISE

With years of experience working with federal agencies, Ad Hoc ensures Groundwork meets the unique needs of government organizations.

Asset storage and serving

  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

    Core storage solution for handling large datasets, including cross-region replication and transfer acceleration for efficient, scalable file management.

  • AWS Secrets Manager

    Manages, retrieves, and rotates database credentials, application credentials, OAuth tokens, API keys, and other secrets throughout their lifecycles.

  • AWS Relational Database Service (RDS)

    Used to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the AWS Cloud.

Get in touch

If your organization is interested in the possibilities enabled by Amazon + Ad Hoc, let’s chat.

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